GIFT  or 


J.  'J^ 


AMENDED 


BALLOT  LA\A^ 


AN  ACT 

To  Regulate   the    Nomination   and   Election   of  Public 
Officers,  requiring  certain  expenses  incident 

thereto  to  be  paid  by  the  several 

counties,   and    punishing   certain   offenses    in 

regard  to  such  elections. 


APPROVED— JUNE  10,  1893, 

As  ametided  by  the  Act  of  June  26.  1895.  the  Act  of  June  32,  1897.  the  Act  of  July  0 

1807,  the  Act  of  April  16,  1903,  the  Act  of  April  21,  1903, 

and  the  Act  of  April  29,  I'.dS. 


WM.  STANLEY  RAY, 

STATE  PRINTER   OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 
1903. 


AMENDED 


BALLOT  LAW 


AN  ACT 

To  Regulate  the   Nomination  and  Election  of  Public 
Officers,  requiring  certain  expenses  incident 

thereto  to  be  paid  by  the  several 

counties,   and    punishing  certain  offenses   in 

regard  to  such  elections. 


APPROVED— JUNE)  10,  1893, 

As  amended  by  the  Act  of  June  26,  1895,  the  Act  of  June  23,  1897,  the  Act  of  July ' 

1897,  the  Act  of  April  16,  1903,  the  Act  of  April  21,  1903, 

and  the  Act  of  April  29,  19(i3. 


WM.  STANLEY  EAY, 

STATE  PRINTER  OF  PENNSTDVANIA. 

1903. 


^^';:v 


(2) 


Amended  Ballot  Law. 


AN  ACT 


To  regulate  the  nomination  and  election  of  public  officers,  re- 
quiring certain  expenses  incident  thereto  to  be  paid  by  the 
several  counties,  and  punishing  certain  offenses  in  regard  to 
such  elections. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted,  «&c.,  That  all  ballots  cast  in 
elections  for  public  officers  within  this  Commonwealth 
shall  be  printed  and  distributed  at  public  expense  as 
hereinafter  provided.  The  printing  of  the  ballots  and 
of  the  cards  of  instruction  for  the  elections  in  each 
county,  and  the  delivery  of  the  same  to  the  election  of- 
ficers as  hereinafter  provided,  and  all  other  expenses 
incurred  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  a 
count}^  charge,  unless  herein  otherwise  provided,  the 
payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  same 
manner  as  the  payment  of  other  election  expenses.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth to  prepare  forms  for  all  the  blanks  made  nec- 
essary or  advisable  by  this  act,  and  to  furnish  copies 
of  the  same  to  the  county  commissioners  of  each 
county,  who  shall  procure  further  copies  of  the  same 
at  the  cost  of  the  county  and  furnish  them  to  the  elec- 
tion ofiicers  or  other  persons  by  whom  they  are  to  be 
used,  in  such  quantities  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry 
out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Section  2.  Any  convention  of  delegates,  or  primary 
meeting  of  electors,  or  caucus  held  under  the  rules  of 
a  political  party,  or  any  board  authorized  to  certify 
nominations  representing  a  political  party  which,  at 
the  election  next  preceding,  polled  at  least  two  per 
centum  of  the  largest  entire  vote  for  any  office  cast  in 
the  State,  or  in  the  electoral  district  or  division  there- 
of for  which  such  primary  meeting,  caucus,  convention, 
or  board,  desires  to  make  or  certify  nominations,  may 
nominate  one  candidate  for  each  office  which  rs  to  be 
filled  in  the  State,  or  in  the  said  district  or  division, 
at  the  next  ensuing  election  by  causing  a  Certificate  of 
Nomination  to  be  drawn  up  and  filed  as  hereinafter 
provided.  Every  such  Certificate  of  Nomination  shall 
be  signed  by  the  presiding  officer  and  the  secretary  or 
secretaries  of  the  convention,  or  primary  meeting,  or 
caucus,  or  board,  who  shall  add  thereto  their  places  of 
residence,  and  shall  be  sworn  or  affirmed  to  by  them 
before  an  officer  qualified  to  administer  oaths,  to  be 
true  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  belief,  and  a 
certificate  of  the  oath  shall  be  annexed  to  the  Certifi- 
cate of  nomination:  Provided,  That  if  any  political 
party  has  by  its  rules  provided  for  a  registration  of 
candidates  for  nominations,  and  at  the  time  limited 
for  such  registration,  or  at  any  subsequent  time,  by 

(3) 


Ballots   to   be 
printed   and   dis- 
tributed  at    public 
expense. 


Shall  be  a  county 
charge,    unless 
otherwise    pro- 
vided. 

To  be  paid  for  as 
other  election  ex- 
penses. 

Secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth    to 
prepare   forms    for 
all    blanks    and 
furnish   copies   of 
same  to  county 
commissioners. 
County   commis- 
sioners to  procure 
further   copies   at 
cost    of    county 
and    furnish    them 
to  election  offi- 
cers. 


Convention,    pri- 
mary   meeting, 
caucus   or  board 
authorized    to 
certify    nomina- 
tions   of    party 
polling-   two   per 
centum   of   entire 
vote   may   nomi- 
nate. 


Certificate  of 
nomination    to    be 
drawn  up. 


How   signed. 


Shall  be  sworn  to. 


If  no  more  candi- 
dates are  register- 
ed than  are  to  be 
elected. 


They  shall  be  the 
nominees. 


Form   of  certifi- 
cate. 


Nomination  by 
nomination  pa- 
pers. 


Blanks  shall  be 
furnished   by   Sec- 
retary   of    the 
Commonwealth. 

Number  of  voters 
who  must  sign  for 
State   officers. 


Number  of  voters 
as  to  other  offi- 
cers. 


Elector  slgningr 
must   add   resi- 
dence and  occupa- 
tion,  and  sign 
only   one   paper. 


Signature    and 
qualifications    to 
be  vouched  for  by 
affidavit. 


Five  electors  may, 
by    affidavit    filed 
with   the   prothon- 
otary,    adopt   a 
certain   political 
appellation. 


Subject   to   this 
act. 


And  have  exclu- 
sive right  thereto. 


I*rovlso. 


reason  of  withdrawal  or  other  cause  there  shall  be  no 
more  candidates  for  any  office  registered  or  remaining 
than  are  to  be  elected  to  such  office,  the  person  or  per- 
sons so  registered  or  remaining  shall  be  deemed  the 
nominee  or  nominees,  with  the  same  effect  as  if  he  or 
they  had  been  nominated  by  a  convention  or  primary 
meeting,  or  caucus  or  board.  And  one  or  more  or  all 
of  the  officers  of  the  committee  of  such  political  party 
with  which  such  registration  shall  be  made,  or  the  offi- 
cer with  whom  it  is  made,  shall  make  a  certificate  of 
such  nomination  in  the  same  manner  and  with  the 
same  effect  as  if  there  had  been  a  nomination  by  a 
convention  or  primary  meeting  or  caucus  or  board. 

Section  3.  Nominations  of  candidates  for  any  public 
office  may  also  be  made  by  Nomination  Papers,  signed 
by  qualified  electors  of  the  State,  or  of  the  electoral 
district  or  division  thereof  for  which  the  nomination 
is  made,  and  filed  in  the  proper  office  as  provided  in 
section  five  of  this  act.  Blank  forms  for  making  such 
nomination  shall  be  furnished  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth,  and  no  other  form  than  the  ones  so 
prescribed  shall  be  used  for  such  purpose.  Where  the 
nomination  is  for  any  office  to  be  filled  by  the  voters 
of  the  State-at-large,  the  number  of  qualified  electors 
of  the  State  signing  such  Nomination  Paper,  shall  be 
at  least  one-half  of  one  per  centum  of  the  largest  vote 
for  any  officer  elected  in  the  State  at  the  last  preced- 
ing election  at  which  a  State  officer  was  voted  for.  In 
the  case  of  all  other  nominations  the  number  of  quali- 
fied electors  of  the  electoral  district  or  division,  sign- 
ing such  Nomination  Paper,  shall  be  at  least  two  per 
centum  of  the  largest  entire  vote  for  any  officer  elect- 
ed at  the  last  preceding  election  in  the  said  electoral 
district  or  division  for  which  said  Nomination  Papers 
are  designed  to  be  made.  Each  elector  signing  a 
Nomination  Paper  shall  add  to  his  signature  his  place 
of  residence  and  occupation,  and  no  person  may  sub- 
scribe to  more  than  one  nomination  for  each  office  to 
be  filled.  The  signatures  to  each  Nomination  Paper 
and  the  qualification  of  the  signers  shall  be  vouched 
for  by  the  affidavit  of  at  least  five  of  the  signers  there- 
of, which  affidavit  shall  accompany  the  nomination  pa- 
per :  Provided,  That  if  five  of  the  electors  composing 
any  political  body  making  a  nomination  by  Nomina- 
tion Papers  shall  file  with  the  prothonotary  of  the 
county  in  which  the  Nomination  Paper  or  papers  are 
to  be  filed  an  affidavit  setting  forth  that  they  have 
adopted  a  certain  political  appellation  to  designate 
their  policy,  subject  to  the  limitations  of  this  act  re- 
garding the  selection  of  names,  that  hereafter  such 
political  body  shall  have  the  exclusive  right  to  use 
the  said  name  or  appellation  for  the  election  for  which 
such  nomination  or  nominations  are  made,  provided 
that    a    certificate    from    the    prothonotary    setting 


forth  such  a  compliance  with  the  act  be  filed  with  the 
Nomination  Papers  filed  by  such  political  body. 

Section  4.  All  Certificates  of  Nomination  and  Nomi- 
nation Papers  shall  specify:  One  (1).  The  party  or 
policy  which  such  candidate  represents,  expressed  in 
not  more  than  three  words;  in  the  case  of  electors  of 
President  and  Vice  President  of  the  United  States, 
the  names  of  the  candidates  for  President  and  Vice 
President  shall  be  added  to  the  party  or  political  ap- 
pellation. Two  (2).  The  name  of  each  candidate  nomi- 
nated therein,  his  profession,  business  or  occupation, 
if  any,  and  his  place  of  residence,  with  street  and  num- 
ber thereon,  if  any.  Three  (3).  The  office  for  which 
such  candidate  is  nominated:  Provided,  That  no 
words  shall  be  used  in  any  Nomination  Papers  to  de- 
scribe or  designate  the  party  or  policy,  or  political  ap- 
pellation, represented  by  the  candidate  named  in  such 
Nomination  Papers  as  aforesaid,  identical  with  the 
words  used  for  the  like  purpose  in  Certificates  of 
Nominations  made  by  a  convention  of  delegates,  or 
primary  meeting  of  electors,  or  caucus  held  under  the 
rules  of  a  political  party,  or  any  board  authorized  to 
certify  nominations,  representing  a  political  party 
which,  at  the  last  preceding  election,  polled  two  per 
centum  of  the  largest  vote  cast :  And  provided  further. 
That  any  objections  filed  to  a  nomination  certificate 
or  paper  on  account  of  the  party  or  political  appella- 
tion used  therein,  or  involving  the  right  as  defined  by 
sections  two  and  three  of  this  act,  to  file  such  certifi- 
cate or  paper,  shall  be  decided  by  the  court  of  common 
pleas  on  hearing  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  5.  Certificates  of  nomination  for  candidates 
for  the  offices  of  presidential  electors  and  members  of 
the  House  of  Kepresentatives  of  the  United  States 
and  for  State  offices,  including  those  of  Judges,  Sena- 
tors and  Representatives,  shall  be  filed  with  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Commonwealth  at  least  forty-two  days  be- 
fore the  day  of  election  for  which  the  candidates  are 
nominated,  and  Nomination  Papers  for  candidates  for 
the  said  offices  shall  be  filed  with  the  said  Secretary  at 
least  thirty-five  days  before  the  day  of  such  election. 
Certificates  of  Nomination  and  Nomination  Papers  for 
candidates  for  all  other  offices,  except  township  and 
borough  offices,  shall  be  filed  with  the  county  commis- 
sioners of  the  respective  counties  at  least  twenty-eight 
and  twenty-one  days  respectively,  before  the  day  of 
the  election.  Certificates  of  Nomination  and  Nomina- 
tion Papers  for  candidates  for  township  and  borough 
offices,  and  election  officers  and  school  directors  in  the 
same,  shall  be  filed  with  the  county  commissioners  at 
least  eighteen  and  fifteen  days,  respectively,  before 
the  day  of  election.  In  determining  or  reckoning  any 
period  of  time  mentioned  in  this  act,  the  day  upon 


What   nomination 
certificates   and 
papers  must  certi- 
fy,   party  or  pol- 
icy. 


Name.    etc. 
candidate. 


of 


What   words   shall 
not   be   used   In 
Nomination  Pa- 
pers. 


Objections  as  to 
party  or  political 
appellation  to  be 
decided  by  the 
court  of  common 
pleas. 


Certain  certificates 
shall  be  filed  with 
the  Secretary  of 
the   Common- 
wealth. 


Time  of  filing. 


Time  of  filing 
nomination  pa- 
pers. 

What  papers  shall 
be  filed  with  the 
county  commis- 
sioners and  when. 


With  township 
and  borough  of- 
ficers and  when. 


6 


How   time   Is   to 
be    reckoned. 

Proper  officers  to 
examine  paper  or 
certificate. 


Mandamus. 


How   objections 
shall    be    made. 


When   filed  with 
Secretary    of    the 
Commonwealth. 


Others  than  those 
for  boroughs  and 
townships. 


For   boroughs   and 
townships. 


Hearing  when  the 
court   is   in   ses- 
sion. 


Time  when  court 
shall    determine. 


When  the  court 
not   in   session. 


Service  of  notice. 


Court  to  decide  as 
to   validity. 


which  the  act  is  done,  paper  filed  or  notice  given,  shall 
be  excluded  from,  and  the  day  of  election  shall  be  in- 
cluded in,  the  calculation  or  reckoning. 

Section  0.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  or  offi- 
cers, to  whom  any  nomination  certificate  or  paper  is 
brought  for  the  purpose  of  tiling,  to  examine  the  said 
certificate  or  paper,  and  if  it  lack  sufficient  signatures 
or  be  otherwise  manifestly  defective  it  shall  not  be 
filed;  but  the  action  of  said  officer  or  officers,  in  refus- 
ing to  receive  a  certificate  or  paper,  may  be  reviewed 
by  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  the  county,  upon  an 
application  for  a  mandamus  to  compel  its  reception  as 
of  the  date  when  it  was  brought  to  the  office.  All 
nominations,  certificates  and  papers  which  have  been 
filed  shall  be  deemed  valid,  unless  objections  thereto 
are  duly  made,  by  Avriting  filed  in  the  court  of  common 
pleas  of  the  county  in  which  the  certificate  or  paper 
objected  to  has  been  filed,  and  with  the  officer  or  offi- 
cers with  whom  such  certificates  have  been  filed,  and 
within  the  following  periods : 

First:  In  the  case  of  certificates  and  papers  filed 
with  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  at  least 
thirty-five  days  before  the  day  of  election,  in  the  case 
of  certificates  of  nomination,  and  at  least  twenty-eight 
days  before  the  day  of  election,  in  the  case  of  nomina- 
tion papers. 

Second.  In  case  of  other  certificates  and  papers,  ex- 
cept those  designed  for  borough  and  township  officers, 
at  least  eighteen  days  before  the  day  of  election. 

Third.  In  the  case  of  other  certificates  and  papers, 
designed  for  borough  and  township  officers,  at  least 
twelve  days  before  the  day  of  election.  In  case  the 
court  is  in  session,  one  or  more  judges  thereof  shall 
proceed  to  hear  such  objections,  without  unnecessary 
adjournment  or  delay,  and  shall  give  such  hearing 
precedence  over  all  other  business  before  him  or  them. 
With  respect  to  certificates  and  papers  filed  with  the 
Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  such  objection  shall 
be  heard,  and  finally  determined,  at  least  sixteen  days 
before  the  day  of  election.  In  case  the  court  is  not 
in  session,  any  judge  thereof,  on  the  presentation  to 
him  of  the  certfticate  of  the  prothonotary  that  such 
objections  have  been  filed,  as  aforesaid,  shall  proceed 
to  hear  such  objections  as  aforesaid.  No  objection, 
of  any  nature  whatever,  shall  be  filed  unless  accompa- 
nied by  proper  proof  of  service  of  notice  of  the  pro- 
posed objection  upon  at  least  one  of  the  candidates 
named  in  the  certificate  or  paper  objected  to,  nor  shall 
any  objections  be  heard  in  the  absence  of  any  of  the 
said  candidates  without  proof  of  service  or  notice  of 
the  hearing  upon  them.  If  the  court  decide  that  the 
certificate  or  paper  objected  to  was  not  filed  by  parties 
entitled,  under  this  act,  to  file  the  same,  it  shall  be 


wholly  void;  but  if  it  be  adjudged  defective  only,  the 
court  shall  indicate  the  matters  as  to  which  it  requires 
amendment,  and  the  time  within  which  such  amend- 
ment must  be  made;  and  every  certificate  or  paper, 
amended  after  the  time  when  the  names  therein  con- 
tained to  have  been  sent  to  the  sheriff,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  the  provisions  of  this  act  concerning  substi- 
tuted nominations.  In  case  the  objections  filed  to  any 
nomination,  are  not  sustained  by  the  court,  the  peti- 
tioner or  petitioners  shall  be  liable  for  and  shall  pay 
the  whole  of  the  costs  of  such  proceedings,  including 
all  witness  fees.  The  officers  with  whom  nomination 
certificates  and  papers  have  been  filed  shall  permit 
the  political  parties,  or  bodies,  who  have  filed  them, 
to  amend  them  of  their  OAvn  motion,  at  any  time  prior 
to  the  printing  of  the  ballot. 

Section  7.  Any  person  whose  name  has  been  pre- 
sented as  a  candidate  may  cause  his  name  to  be  with- 
drawn from  nomination,  by  request  in  writing  signed 
by  him  and  acknoAvledged  before  an  oflBcer  qualified  to 
take  acknowledgments  of  deeds,  and  filed  in  the  office 
where  his  nomination  certificate  or  paper  is  on  file  fif- 
teen days,  or  in  the  case  of  township  and  borough  elec- 
tions, twelve  days,  previous  to  the  day  of  the  election; 
and  no  name  so  withdrawn  shall  be  printed  upon  the 
ballots. 

Where  any  office  not  in  court  of  record  shall  for  any 
cause  become  vacant  after  the  time  for  making  nomi- 
nations for  such  office  shall  have  elapsed,  or  when  a 
writ  for  a  special  election  to  supply  a  vacancy  shall 
direct  such  election  to  be  held  at  a  date  which  would 
prevent  the  making  of  nominations  in  time  to  comply 
with  section  five  of  this  act,  nominations  for  the  office 
to  be  filled  may  still  be  made  in  accordance  with  sec- 
tions two  and  three  of  this  act,  but  in  other  respects 
the  provisions  of  section  twelve  of  this  act  shall  apply 
to  such  nominations. 

Section  8.  All  Certificates  of  Nomination  and  Nomi- 
nation Papers  when  filed  shall  be  open  under  proper 
regulations  to  public  inspection,  and  shall  be  pre- 
served not  less  than  two  years  in  the  offices  where 
they  have  been  filed. 

Section  9.  The  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth 
shall,  fourteen  davs  at  least  previous  to  the  day  of  any 
election  of  United  States  or  State  officers,  or  for  the 
adoption  of  amendments  to  the  Constitution  of  this 
Commonwealth,  transmit  to  the  county  commission- 
ers and  the  sheriff  in  each  county,  in  which  such  elec- 
tion is  to  be  held,  duplicate  official  lists,  stating  the 
names  and  residences  of.  and  parties  or  policies  rep- 
resented by,  all  candidates  whose  nomination  certifi- 
cates or  papers  have  been.filed  with  him  as  herein  pro- 
vided for  such  election,  and  have  not  been  found  and 


In   case   objections 
are   not  sustained, 
the   petitioner 
sliall  pay  the 
costs. 


Witness   fees. 


How    candidate 
may  withdraw. 


As   to  filling  cer- 
tain   vacancies, 
occurring    after 
time    for    making 
nominations. 


Certificates  and 
papers   to   be  open 
for    public    inspec- 
tion and  preserved 
for  two  years. 


Secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth 
shall  transmit 
lists   to  county 
commissioners 
and   sheriffs. 


8 


In  form  of  the 
ballots. 


County   commis- 
sioners  shall   send 
list  to  sheriff. 


Sheriff    shall    give 
notice   of    general 
election   by  adver- 
tisement   in    three 
newspapers. 


Newspapers  in 
which    advertise- 
ment must  appear. 


Additional    notice 
by   proclamation 
In   cities. 


Enumerate    the 
officers   to  be 
elected. 


Place  of  election. 


Who   shall   he  eli- 
gible as  election 
officers. 


declared  to  be  invalid  as  provided  in  section  six,  and 
to  be  voted  for  at  each  voting  place  in  each  county, 
respectively,  substantially  in  the  form  of  the  ballots 
to  be  used  therein;  duplicate  copies  of  the  text  of  all 
proposed  constitutional  amendments  to  be  voted  upon 
at  such  election.  The  county  commissioners  of  each 
county  shall  also  send  to  the  sheriff  of  their  county, 
at  least  ten  days  prior  to  the  day  of  any  general  elec- 
tion, an  official  list,  containing  the  names  and  party  or 
political  appellations  of  all  candidates  whose  nomina- 
tion certificates  or  papers  have  been  filed  with  the 
said  commissioners,  as  herein  provided  for  such  elec- 
tion, and  to  be  voted  for  at  each  voting  place  in  the 
county,  substantially  in  the  form  of  the  ballots  to  be 
used  therein. 

Section  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  of 
every  county,  at  least  ten  days  before  any  general 
election  to  be  held  therein,  except  borough  and  town- 
ship elections,  to  give  notice  of  the  same  by  advertise- 
ments in  at  least  three  newspapers,  if  there  be  so 
many  published  in  the  county,  two  of  said  newspapers 
representing  so  far  as  practicable  the  political  party 
which  at  the  preceding  November  election  cast  the 
largest  number  of  votes,  and  the  other  one  of  said 
newspapers  representing  so  far  as  practicable  the  po- 
litical party  which  at  the  preceding  November  elec- 
tion cast  the  next  largest  number  of  votes,  and  in  ad- 
dition thereto  the  sheriff  of  every  county  shall,  at 
least  ten  days  before  any  general  election  to  be  held 
in  cities  of  the  first,  second  and  third  classes,  give 
notice  of  the  same  by  proclamation  posted  up  in  the 
most  conspicuous  places  in  every  election  district  in 
said  cities  of  the  first,  second  and  third  class  and  in 
every  such  advertisement  or  proclamation. 

I.  Enumerate  the  officers  to  be  elected  and  give  a 
list  of  all  the  nominations  made  as  provided  in  this 
act  and  to  be  voted  for  in  such  county,  and  the  full 
text  of  all  constitutional  amendments  submitted  to  a 
vote  of  the  people,  but  the  proclamation  posted  in 
each  election  district  need  not  contain  the  names  of 
any  candidates  but  those  to  be  voted  for  in  such  dis- 
trict. 

II.  Designate  the  place  at  which  the  election  is  to 
be  held. 

III.  He  shall  give  notice  that  every  person,  except- 
ing justices  of  the  peace,  who  shall  hold  any  office  or 
appointment  of  profit  or  trust  under  the  government 
of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  State,  or  of  any  city  or 
incorporated  district,  whether  a  commissioned  officer 
or  otherwise,  a  subordinate  officer  or  agent  who  is 
or  shall  be  employed  under  the  Legislative,  Executive 
or  Judiciary  Department  of  this  State,  or  of  the 
United  States,  or  of  any  city  or  incorporated  district. 


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How    vacancy 
shall  be  fllleO. 


and  also  that  every  member  of  Congress  and  of  the 
State  Legislature,  and  of  the  select  or  common  council 
of  any  city,  or  commissioners  of  any  incorporated  dis- 
trict is,  by  law,  incapable  of  holding  or  exercising 
at  the  same  time  the  office  or  appointment  of  judge, 
inspector  or  clerk  of  any  election  of  this  Common- 
wealth, and  that  no  inspector,  judge  or  other  officer 
of  any  such  election  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  to  be 
then  voted  for  except  that  of  an  election  officer. 

Section  ll.In  case  of  the  death  or  withdrawal  of  any 
candidate  nominated  as  herein  provided,  the  party 
convention,  primary  meeting,  caucus,  or  board,  or  the 
citizens  who  nominated  such  candidate,  may  nominate 
a  substitute  in  his  place,  by  filing  in  the  proper  office 
at  any  time  before  the  day  of  election,  a  nomination 
certificate  or  paper  which  shall  conform  to  all  the  re- 
quirements of  this  act  in  regard  to  original  certificates 
or  papers :  Provided,  That  if  the  said  convention  or  cit- 
izens shall  have  authorized  any  committee,  or  if  any 
executive  committee  of  any  political  party  be  author- 
ized by  the  rules  of  said  party,  to  make  nominations  in 
the  event  of  the  death  or  withdrawal  of  candidates, 
the  said  convention  shall  not  be  required  to  reconvene 
nor  the  said  citizens  to  sign  a  new  Nomination  Paper, 
but  the  said  committee  shall  have  power  to  file  the 
requisite  nomination  certificate  or  paper,  which  shall 
recite  the  facts  of  the  appointment  and  powers  of  the 
said  committee  (naming  all  its  members),  of  the  death, 
or  withdrawal  of  the  candidate,  and  of  the  action  of 
the  committee  thereon,  and  the  truth  of  these  facts 
shall  be  verified  by  the  affidavit  annexed  to  the  certifi- 
cate, or  paper  of  two  members  of  the  committee,  and 
also  of  at  least  two  of  the  officers  of  the  convention 
who  made  affidavit  in  support  of  the  original  certifi- 
cate, or  two  of  the  citizens  who  made  affidavit  to  the 
orignal  paper:  And  provided  also.  That  in  case  of  a 
substituted  Nomination  Paper  not  filed  by  a  commit- 
tee, but  signed  by  citizens,  it  shall  only  be  necessary 
that  two-thirds  of  the  signers  of  the  said  paper  shall 
have  been  signers  of  the  original  paper. 

Section  12.  All  substituted  nomination  certificates  substituted 

„  ii-jij_  'jiji'  j_'  •        nation   papeio  c 

or  papers  may  be  objected  to  as  provided  in  section  six  certificates  and 
of  this  act,  and  if  a  substituted  certificate  or  paper  be 
filed  after  the  last  day  for  filing  the  original  certificate 
or  paper,  objections  must  be  made  within  four  days 
after  the  filing,  and  no  objections  as  to  form  and  con- 
formity to  law  shall  be  received  after  the  time  set  for 
printing  the  ballots. 

As  soon  as  any  substituted  candidate  shall  have 
been  duly  nominated,  his  name  shall  be  substituted  by 
the  proper  officers  in  the  place  of  that  of  the  candidate 
who  has  died  or  withdrawn  so  far  as  time  mav  allow. 


nomi- 
nation  papers  and 


objections   thereto. 


Substitution 
candidate. 


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If  made  after  bal- 
lots have  been 
printed,    slips 
shall   be   prepared. 


County  commis- 
sioners to  cause 
all  ballots  to  be 
printed. 

Commissioners 
shall   be  responsi- 
ble for   accurate 
printing  and   safe 
keeping. 


Candidates   for 
Presidential    elect- 
ors,   arrangement 
of    names    on    bal- 
lot. 


Party  name. 


Squares,    size    and 
position   of. 


Names  of  candi- 
dates, how  to  be 
arranged. 


Proviso. 

Party  not  repre- 
sented at  last  pre- 
ceding  State   elec- 
tion. 


and  in  case  a  substituted  nomination  be  filed  with  or 
transmitted  to  the  county  commissioners  after  the 
ballots  haA'e  been  printed,  the  said  commissioners 
shall  prepare  and  distribute  with  the  ballots  suitable 
slips  of  paper  bearing  the  substituted  name,  together 
with  the  title  of  the  office,  and  having  adhesive  paste 
upon  the  reverse  side,  which  shall  be  offered  to  each 
voter  with  the  regular  ballot  and  may  be  affixed 
thereto. 

Section  13.  The  county  commissioners  of  each  coun- 
ty shall  cause  all  the  ballots  to  be  used  therein  to  be 
printed.  The  said  commissioners  shall  ascertain  the 
offices  to  be  filled  and  shall  be  responsible  for  the  ac- 
curate printing  of  the  ballots  in  accordance  with  this 
act,  and  for  the  safe  keeping  of  the  same  while  in 
their  possession,  or  that  of  their  subordinates  or 
agents. 

Section  14.  When  Presidential  electors  are  to  be 
voted  for,  the  names  of  candidates  for  Presidential 
electors  shall  be  arranged  in' party  groups,  as  pre- 
sented in  the  several  certificates  of  party  nomination 
and  nomination  papers,  and  the  groups  shall  be  print- 
ed upon  the  ballot  in  order  of  the  vote  obtained  in 
the  State,  at  the  last  Presidential  election,  by  the 
parties  nominating,  beginning  with  the  party  which 
obtained  the  highest  vote:  Provided,  That  in  the  case 
of  political  parties  not  represented  on  the  ballot  in 
the  last  Presidential  election,  the  order  of  arrange- 
ment shall  be  alphabetically. 

At  the  head  of  each  group  of  candidates  shall  be 
printed  the  appropriate  party  name  or  political  ap- 
pellation, together  with  the  surnames  of  the  candi 
dates  of  such  party  for  President  and  Vice  President, 
underneath  which  shall  be  printed  the  names  of  the 
appropriate  candidates  for  Presidential  electors. 

At  the  right  of  the  space  containing  the  surnames 
of  the  candidates  for  President  and  Vice  President, 
and  their  party  name  or  political  appellation,  there 
shall  be  a  square,  of  sufficient  size  for  the  convenient 
insertion  of  a  cross-mark  (X),  and  at  the  right  of  the 
name  of  each  candidate  for  Presidential  elector,  there 
shall  be  a  similar,  but  smaller  square. 

The  names  of  candidates  for  all  other  offices,  shall, 
in  all  cases,  be  arranged  under  the  title  of  the  office 
for  which  they  are  candidates,  and  be  printed  in  the 
order  of  the  votes  obtained  for  the  head  of  the  re- 
spective tickets  of  the  parties  or  bodies  nominating 
at  the  last  Presidential  election,  beginning  with  the 
party  obtaining  the  highest  vote:  Provided,  That  in 
the  case  of  parties  not  represented  on  the  ballot  at 
the  last  Presidential  election,  the  name  of  the  nomi- 
nees of  such  parties  shall  be  arranged  alphabetically, 
according  to  the  party  name  or  political  appellation. 
At  the  right  of  the  name  of  each  nominee,  or  candi- 


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date,  shall  be  printed  the  name  or  appellation  of  the 
political  party  representing  or  nominating  him,  and  at 
the  right  of  such  party  name,  or  political  appellation, 
there  shall- be  a  square  of  sufficient  size  for  the  con- 
venient insertion  of  a  cross-mark. 

Whenever  any  candidate  shall' receive  more  than 
one  nomination  for  the  same  office,  his  name  shall  be 
printed  once,  and  the  names  of  each  political  party,  so 
nominating  him,  shall  be  printed  to  the, right  of  the 
name  of  such  candidate,  arranged  in  the  same  order 
as  candidates  names  are  grouped,  that  is  to  say,  in 
the  order  of  the  votes  obtained  by  such  party  at  the 
last  preceding  Presidential  election,  beginning  with 
the  party  obtaining  the  highest  vote.  If  such  can- 
didate shall  be  nominated  by  any  political  party  not 
represented  on  the  ballot  in  the  last  Presidential  elec- 
tion, the  name  of  such  parties  shall  follow  the  other 
names,  and  be  arranged  ali>habetically,  according  to 
the  party  name  or  appellation.  At  the  right  of  every 
party  name,  or  political  appellation,  shall  be  a  square. 
Of  sufficient  size  for  the  convenient  insertion  of  a 
cross-mark. 

There  shall  be  left,  at  the  end  of  the  groups  of  can- 
didates for  Presidential  electors,  and  of  the  list  of 
candidates  for  each  different  office  (or  under  the  title 
of  the  office  itself  for  which  an  election  is  to  be  held, 
in  case  there  be  no  candidates  legally  nominated 
therefor),  as  many  blank  spaces  as  there  are  persons 
to  be  voted  for,  for  such  office,  in  which  space  the 
voter  may  insert  the  name  of  any  person  whose  name 
is  not  printed  on  the  ballot  as  a  candidate  for  such 
office,  and  such  insertion  shall  count  as  a  vote,  with- 
out the  cross-mark  as  hereinafter  mentioned. 

Whenever  the  approval  of  a  constitutional  amend- 
ment, or  other  question,  is  submitted  to  the  vote  of 
the  people,  such  question  shall  be  printed  upon  the 
ballot  in  brief  form,  and  followed  by  the  words  '*yes" 
and  "no,"  and  if  such  question  be  submitted  at  an  elec- 
tion of  public  officers,  it  shall  be  printed  after  the 
list  of  candidates. 

The  ballots  shall  be  so  printed  as  to  give  to  each 
voter  a  clear  opportunity  to  designate  his  choice  of 
candidates  hj  a  cross-mark  (X),  in  a  square  of  suffi- 
cient size,  at  the  right  of  the  name  of  each  candidate, 
and  inside  the  line  enclosing  the  column,  and,  in  like 
manner,  answers  to  questions  submitted,  by  similar 
marks,  in  squares  at  the  right  of  the  words  "yes"  and 
"no."  And  on  the  ballot  may  be  printed  instructions 
how  to  mark,  and  such  words  as  will  aid  the  voter  to 
do  this,  as  "mark  one,"  "mark  two,"  and  the  like. 

Provided,  That  a  voter  may  designate  his  choice  of 
an  entire  group  of  candidates  for  Presidential  electors 
by  one  cross-mark  (X),  in  a  large  square,  which  shall 
be  placed  at  the  right  of  the  names  of  the  candidates 


Name  of  party. 


Position    of 
square. 

When  candidate 
receives   more 
tnan   one    noinina 
tion. 


Position   of   party 
names. 


When   nominated 
by   party   not   rep- 
resented on  pre- 
vious ballot. 


Square. 


Blank    spaces, 
number  of,   etc. 


When  vote   is   to 
be  taken  on  con- 
stitutional  amend- 
ment,  etc. 


Designation   of 
choice   by  cross' 
mark. 


Position   of 
square. 


Instructions    on 
ballot. 


Proviso. 

Cross-mark  may 
designate  group 
of    candidates. 


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List  of  names  of 
parties. 


How  to  be  ar- 
ranged  on   ballot. 


Parties    not    on 
previous  ballot. 


Square  at  right  of 
each   party  name. 


Instructions    at 
head  of  ballot. 


All   ballots   shall 
be   alike. 


Style  of  printing. 


Each   ballot   shall 
be  attached   to 
Btub. 


Shall  be  bound  to- 
gether. 


Diagonal   folding 
line   shall   be 
printed   on   corner 
and   corner   edged 
with  paste. 


for  President  and  Vice  President,  at  the  head  of  such 
group,  and  such  mark  shall  be  equiA^alent  to  a  mark 
against  every  name  in  the  group. 

Provided  further.  That  each  voter  may  have  the  op- 
portunity of  designating  his  choice  for  all  the  candi- 
dates, as  nominated  by  one  political  party,  there  shall 
be  printed  on  the  extreme  left  of  the  ballot,  and  sepa- 
rated from  the  rest  of  the  ballot  by  a  space  of  at  least 
one-half  inch,  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  the  political 
parties  or  groups  of  nominees,  represented  on  such 
ballot  and  presenting  candidates  to  be  voted  for  at 
such,  election.  Such  names  shall  be  arranged  in  the 
order  of  the  votes  obtained,  at  the  last  Presidential 
election,  by  the  candidate  at  the  head  of  the  respect- 
ive tickets  of  the  parties  or  bodies  nominating,  be- 
ginning with  the  party  that  received  the  highest  vote 
cast.  Following  the  names  of  such  political  parties, 
shall  be  the  names  of  the  parties  or  principles  not  pre- 
sented on  the  ballot  at  the  last  Presidential  election, 
arranged  alphabetically,  according  to  the  party  name 
or  political  appellation.  A  square,  of  sufiBcient  size 
for  the  convenient  insertion  of  a  cross-mark,  shall  be 
placed  at  the  right  of  each  party  name  or  appellation. 
Every  mark  within  such  square  shall  be  equivalent  to 
a  mark  against  every  name  designated  by  that  po 
litical  appellation,  or  party  name,  including  candi- 
dates nominated  by  more  than  one  party,  or  group  of 
citizens. 

At  the  head  of  every  ballot  shall  be  printed  the  fol- 
lowing instructions: 

To  vote  a  straight  party  ticket,  mark  a  cross  (X) 
in  the  square  opposite  the  name  of  the  party  of  your 
choice,  in  the  first  column.  A  cross-mark  in  the 
square  opposite  the  name  of  any  candidate,  indicates  a 
vote  for  that  candidate. 

Section  15.  All  the  ballots  used  at  the  same  voting 
place  at  any  election  shall  be  alike,  and  shall  be  at 
least  six  inches  long  and  four  inches  wide.  They  shall 
be  printed  with  the  same  kind  or  kinds  of  type,  (which 
shall  not  be  smaller  than  the  size  knoAvn  as  "brevier" 
or  "eight-point  body,")  upon  white  paper  without  any 
impression  or  mark  to  distinguish  one  from  another, 
and  of  sufficient  thickness  to  prevent  the  printed  mat- 
ter from  showing  through.  Each  ballot  shall  be  at- 
tached to  a  stub  or  counterfoil,  and  all  the  ballots  for 
the  same  voting  place  shall  be  bound  together  in  con- 
venient numbers  in  books  in  such  manner  that  each 
ballot  may  be  detached  and  removed  sei)arately. 

A  diagonal  folding  line  shall  be  printed  on  the  right 
hand  upper  corner  of  the  back  of  each  ballot,  and  the 
said  corner  shall  be  edged  with  adhesive  paste  so  that 
the  corner  when  folded  at  the  folding  line  can  be  se- 
curely fastened  down  over  the  number  now  required 


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by  the  Constitution  of  this  Commonwealth,  so  that 
the  said  number  cannot  be  seen  without  unfastening 
or  cutting  open  the  part  so  fastened  down.  The  top 
of  each  ballot  shall  have  a  margin  of  equal  size  on 
both  back  and  face,  and  the  said  folding  line  shall  be 
upon  this  margin,  and  the  space  between  the  folding 
line  and  the  paste  shall  be  filled  in  with  solid  printing, 
and  nothing  else  shall  be  printed  on  the  margin  except 
instructions  how  to  mark:  Provided,  That  if  at  any 
time  the  said  Constitution  shall  cease  to  require  bal- 
lots to  be  numbered,  the  foregoing  requirements  as  to 
the  folding  line,  the  margin  and  the  adhesive  paste 
shall  be  void. 

On  the  back  of  each  ballot,  or  on  the  right  hand  side 
of  the  back  if  the  ballot  is  printed  in  two  columns, 
there  shall  be  printed  as  a  caption,  ''oflicial  ballot," 
followed  by  the  designation  of  the  voting  place  for 
which  the  ballot  is  prepared,  the  date  of  the  election 
and  a  facsimile  of  the  signatures  of  the  county  com- 
missioners of  the  respective  counties  who  have  caused 
the  ballots  to  be  printed.  A  record  of  the  number  of 
ballots  printed  and  furnished  to  each  voting  place, 
shall  be  kept  and  preserved  by  the  county  commission- 
ers of  the  several  counties.  When  it  is  shown  by  affi- 
davit that  mistake  or  omission  has  occurred  in  the 
publication  of  names  or  description  of  candidates,  or 
in  the  printing  of  the  ballots,  the  court  of  common 
pleas  of  the  district  or  county,  or  any  judge  thereof, 
may,  upon  the  application  of  any  qualified  elector  of 
the  district  or  county,  require  the  county  commission- 
ers to  correct  the  mistake  or  omission,  or  to  show 
cause  why  they  should  not. 

Section  16.  The  county  commissioners  of  each  coun- 
ty shall  provide  for  each  election  district  in  which  an 
election  is  to  be  held,  one  set  of  such  ballots  of  not  less 
than  seventy-five  for  every  fifty  and  fraction  of  fifty 
voters  therein,  as  contained  upon  the  assessors  list. 
They  shall  also  prepare  full  instructions  for  the  guid- 
ance of  voters,  as  to  obtaining  ballots,  as  to  the  man- 
ner of  marking  them  and  the  method  of  gaining  assist- 
ance, and  as  to  obtaining  new  ballots  in  place  of  those 
accidentally  spoiled ;  and  they  shall  respectively  cause 
the  same,  together  with  copies  of  sections  thirty  to 
thirty-five  inclusive  of  this  act,  to  be  printed  in  large 
clear  type  on  separate  cards  to  be  called  Cards  of  In- 
struction. They  shall  also,  in  addition  to  the  number 
of  tickets  required  to  be  printed  for  general  distribu- 
tion, have  printed  five  hundred  official  and  one  hun- 
dred sample  ballots  for  every  five  thousand  voters 
within  the  county,  which  tickets  shall  be  kept  at  the 
office  of  the  commissioners  for  the  use  of  any 
district  or  districts,  the  tickets  for  which  may  be  lost 
or  destroyed.    They  shall  also  cause  to  be  printed  on 


Corner  shall  be 
fastened  down 
over    number. 


Margin. 


Caption  on  back 
of  ballot. 


Fac-simile  of  sig- 
natures of  county 
commissioners. 

Record  of  number 
of  ballots  printed 
shall  be  kept. 


How   mistakes   I 
publication  of 
names   shall   be 
corrected. 


Number  of  ballots 
for  each  election 
district. 

To  be  provided  by 
county    commis- 
sioners. 


Shall   prepare    in- 
structions for 
guidance  of 
voters. 


Hovir  cards  of  In- 
struction shall  be 
printed. 


Official   and   sam- 
ple  ballots. 


Certain  ballots  to 
be  kept  at  office 
of  county  commis- 
sioners. 


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Specimen    ballots. 


Cards   of  instruc- 
tion and  specimen 
ballots   shall  be 
furnished. 

Shall   also   provide 
two   copies   of   the 
assessor's  list  of 
voters. 

Ballot    check    list. 


Voting   check   list. 


How  ballots,    etc., 
shall  be  packed 
for  delivery. 


How  delivered  to 
judges  of  election. 


Time  of  reception. 


Judges  shall   re- 
turn receipt  there- 
for. 

Commissioners    to 
keep  record   of 
time   and   manner 
of  sending  bal-. 
lots,    etc. 


May  notify  judges 
of  election  to  call 
for  ballots. 


When  to  call. 


Duties  of  judges 
of  election,   etc. 


When  inspector  to 
perform  said  du- 
ties. 


tinted  paper  and  without  the  fac-simile  endorsements, 
copies  of  the  form  of  the  ballot  provided  for  each  vot- 
ing place  at  each  election  therein,  which  shall  be 
called  Specimen  Ballots,  and  at  each  election  they 
shall  furnish  to  each  voting  place,  together  with  the 
ballots  to  be  used  there,  a  sufficient  number  of  cards 
of  instruction  and  specimen  ballots  for  use  as  re- 
quired in  section  twenty-one  of  this  act.  They  shall 
also  provide  for  each  election  district  at  every  election 
therein,  two  copies  of  the  assessor's  lists  of  voters, 
and  shall  deliver  the  same  as  such  lists  are  now  deliv- 
ered, one  copy  to  be  called  the  "ballot  check  list,"  for 
the  inspectors  in  charge  of  the  ballots,  and  the  other 
copy  to  be  called  the  "voting  check  list,"  to  be  used 
in  marking  the  name  of  those  who  have  voted  and 
the  number  of  their  ballots  as  now  required  by  law. 

Section  17.  The  ballots,  together  with  the  specimen 
ballots  and  cards  of  instruction  printed  by  the  county 
commissioners  as  herein  provided,  shall  be  packed  by 
them  in  separate  sealed  packages  with  marks  on  the 
outside  clearly  designating  the  election  districts  for 
M  hich  they  are  intended,  and  the  number  of  ballots  of 
ea^h  kind  enclosed. 

They  shall  then  be  sent  by  the  county  commission- 
ers of  the  respective  counties  to  the  judges  of  election 
at  the  several  voting  places  so  as  to  be  received  by 
them  on  the  Saturday  or  Monday  before  the  day  of 
election.  The  respective  judges  of  election  shall  on 
delivery  to  them  of  such  packages,  return  receipts 
therefor  to  the  commissioners,  who  shall  keep  a  record 
of  the  time  w  hen  and  the  manner  in  which  the  several 
packages  are  sent,  and  shall  preserve  for  the  period 
of  one  year,  the  receipts  of  the  said  judges  of  election. 

The  commissioners  of  any  county  may,  if  they  pre- 
fer, instead  of  sending  the  packages  to  the  judges  or 
any  number  of  them  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  notify 
the  judges  of  the  election  districts  for  which  the  said 
commissioners  are  required  to  provide  ballots,  to 
come  to  the  said  commissioners'  office  on  the  day  be- 
fore the  election,  at  a  time  specilied,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  each  of  the  said  judges  to  come  to  the  said 
office  at  that  time,  and  there  on  presentation  of  his 
certificate  of  election  as  judge,  to  receive  and  receipt 
for  one  package  of  ballots,  specimen  ballots  and  cards 
of  instruction,  for  use  in  his  election  district.  He 
shall  keep  the  said  package  sealed  and  shall  be  respon- 
sible for  the  safe  keeping  thereof  until  the  ballots  are 
used  at  the  election.  In  case  a  judge  of  the  elections 
is  prevented  by  illness  from  performing  the  duties 
aforesaid,  he  shall  depute  one  of  the  inspectors  to  act 
in  his  place. 

Section  18.  In  ease  the  ballots  to  be  furnished  to 
any  voting  place  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act  shall  fail  for  any  reason  to  be  duly  delivered, 


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or  in  case  after  delivery  they  shall  be  destroyed  or 
stolen,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  judge  of  election  of 
such  voting  place  to  cause  other  ballots  to  be  prepared 
substantially  in  the  form  of  the  ballots  so  wanting, 
and  upon  receipt  of  such  other  ballots  from  him  ac- 
companied by  a  statement  under  oath  that  the  same 
have  been  so  prepared  and  furnished  by  him,  and  that 
the  original  bjillots  have  so  failed  to  be  received,  or 
have  been  so  destroyed  or  stolen,  the  election  officers 
shall  cause  the  ballots  so  substituted  to  be  used  in 
lieu  of  the  ballots  wanting  as  above.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  county  commissioners  of  each  county  to 
mail  complete  specimens  of  the  ballots  and  other  nec- 
essary papers  by  registered  letter  to  the  judge  of 
elections  of  each  election  district,  at  least  four  days 
before  the  election,  to  enable  him  to  comply  with  the 
directions  of  this  section. 

Section  19.  The  county  commissioners  of  each  coun- 
ty shall  provide  for  each  election  district  therein,  at 
each  election,  a  room  large  enough  to  be  fitted  up  with 
voting  shelves  and  a  guard  rail  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. If  in  any  district  no  such  room  can  be  rented 
or  otherwise  obtained,  the  said  commissioners  shall 
cause  to  be  constructed  for  such  district  a  temporary 
room  of  adequate  size  to  be  used  as  a  voting  room. 
They  shall  also  cause  all  the  said  rooms  to  be  suitably 
provided  with  heat  and  light,  and  with  a  sufficient 
number  of  voting  shelves  or  compartments,  at  or  in 
which  voters  may  conveniently  mark  their  ballots, 
with  a  curtain,  screen  or  door  at  the  upper  part  of  the 
front  of  each  compartment,  so  that  in  the  marking 
thereof  they  may  be  screened  from  the  observation  of 
others,  and  a  guard  rail  shall  be  so  constructed  and 
placed  that  only  such  persons  as  are  inside  said  rail 
can  approach  within  six  feet  of  the  ballot  box  and  of 
such  voting  shelves  or  compartments.  The  arrange- 
ment shall  be  such  that  neither  the  ballot  box  nor  the 
voting  booths  shall  be  hidden  from  view  of  those  just 
outside  the  said  guard  rail.  The  number  of  such  vot- 
ing shelves  or  compartments  shall  not  be  less  than 
one  for  every  seventy-five  names  on  the  assessor's 
lists;  but  shall  not  in  any  case  be  less  than  three  for 
the  voters  qualified  to  vote  at  such  voting  place.  No 
persons  other  than  the  election  officers  and  voters 
admitted  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  permitted 
within  the  said  rail,  except  by  authority  of  the  elec- 
tion officers  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  order  and  en- 
forcing the  law.  Each  voting  shelf  or  compartment 
shall  be  kept  provided  with  proper  supplies  and  con- 
veniences for  marking  the  ballots. 

Section  20.  At  the  opening  of  the  polls  in  each  vot- 
ing place  the  seals  of  the  packages  shall  be  publicly 
broken  and  the  said  package  shall  be  opened  by  the 


If  ballots  are  not 
delivered  or  are 
lost  or  stolen. 

How  same   shall 
be  replaced. 


County   commis- 
sioners  shall    mall 
specimen    ballots, 
by    registered    let- 
ter  four   days   be- 
fore   election. 


County  commis- 
sioners shall  pro- 
vide election  room 
properly   fitted  up. 


If  no  room  can  be 
procured   they 
shall    construct 
temporary    room. 

Shall  provide  heat 
and  light  and  suf- 
ficient number  of 
voting  shelves. 

Compartment   to 
have   curtain, 
screen  or  door. 

Construction    of 
guard   rail. 


Fixing   distance 
persons  inside  rail 
may  approach 
ballot    box    and 
shelves. 


Arrangement    of 
ballot    box   and 
voting    booths. 

Number  of  voting 
booths. 


Persons    permitted 
within  rail. 


Supplies   for 
marking  ballots. 


Duty    of   Judge    of 
election    on   open- 
ing of  the  polls. 


9T 


Cards  of  Instruc- 
tion to  be  posted 
at  or  In  compart- 
ment. 

Cards  of  instruc- 
tion and  specimen 
ballots  to  be  post- 
ed at  or  in  com- 
partment. 

Cards  of  Instruc- 
tion and  specimen 
ballots  to  be  post- 
ed outside  guard 
rail  and  given  to 
voters   on   request. 

Manner  of  voting. 


No  person  shall  be 
admitted    within 
guard-rail    until 
he  has  established 
his    right   to    vote. 


How    ballot    shall 
be  delivered  to 
voter. 


Only    one   ballot 
shall  be  given  to  a 
voter,    unless  he 
inadvertently  spoil 
a  ballot. 


How   ballot   check 
list  shall  be 
marked. 


Who    may    be    ad- 
mitted within 
rail. 


Preparation    of 
ballot. 


An    (X)    marked 
in  square  opposite 
name  of  party, 
votes  a  straight 
ticket. 


To  vote  for  Presi- 
dential  electors. 


judge  of  elections.  The  cards  of  instruction  shall  be 
immediately  posted  at  or  in  each  voting  shelf  or  com- 
partment provided  in  accordance  with  this  act  for  the 
marking  of  the  ballots,  and  not  less  than  three  such 
cards  and  not  less  than  five  specimen  ballots  shall  be 
immediately  posted  in  or  about  the  voting  room  out- 
side the  guard  rail;  and  such  cards  and  specimen  bal- 
lots shall  be  given  to  any  voter  at  his  request. 

Section  21.  Any  person  desiring  to  vote  shall  give 
his  name  and  residence  to  one  of  the  election  officers 
in  charge  of  the  ballots,  who  shall  thereupon  announce 
the  same  in  a  loud  and  distinct  tone  of  voice,  and  if 
such  name  is  found  upon  the  ballot  check  list  by  the 
inspector  or  clerks  in  charge  thereof,  he  shall  likewise 
repeat  the  said  name,  and  the  voter  shall  be  allowed 
to  enter  the  space  enclosed  by  the  guard-rail,  unless 
his  right  to  vote  be  challenged.  No  person  whose 
name  is  not  on  the  said  list  or  whose  right  to  vote 
shall  be  challenged  by  a  qualified  citizen,  shall  be  ad- 
mitted within  said  guard-rail  until  he  has  established 
his  right  to  vote  in  the  manner  now  provided  by  law, 
and  his  name,  if  not  on  the  check  lists,  shall  then  be 
added  to  both  lists.  As  soon  as  a  voter  is  admitted 
within  the  rail  the  election  officer  having  charge  of 
the  ballots  shall  detach  a  ballot  from  the  stub  and 
give  it  to  the  said  voter,  but  shall  first  fold  it  so  that 
the  words  printed  on  the  back  and  outside,  as  pro- 
vided in  section  fifteen  of  this  act,  shall  be  the  only 
wording  visible  and  no  ballot  shall  be  voted  unless 
folded  in  the  same  manner.  Not  more  than  one  ballot 
shall  be  given  to  a  voter  except  as  is  provided  in  sec- 
tion twenty-five  of  this  act.  As  soon  as  a  voter  re- 
ceives a  ballot  the  letter  "B"  shall  be  marked  against 
his  name  on  the  margin  of  the  ballot  check-list;  but 
no  record  of  the  number  of  the  ballots  shall  be  made 
on  the  said  lists.  Besides  the  election  officers  and 
such  supervisors  as  are  authorized  by  the  laws  of  the 
United  States  or  overseers  ai)pointed  by  the  courts  of 
this  Commonwealth,  not  more  than  four  voters  in  ex- 
cess of  the  number  of  voting  shelves  or  compartments 
provided,  shall  be  allowed  in  said  enclosed  space  at 
one  time. 

Section  22.  On  receipt  of  his  ballot,  the  voter  shall 
forthwith,  and  without  leaving  the  space  enclosed 
by  the  guard-rail,  retire  to  one  of  the  voting  shelves 
or  compartments,  and  draw  a  curtain,  or  shut  the 
screen  or  door,  and  shall  then  prepare  his  ballot  as 
follows: 

If  he  desires  to  vote  for  every  candidate  of  a  po- 
litical party,  he  may  malce  a  cross-mark  in  the  appro- 
priate square,  opposite  the  name  of  the  party  of  his 
choice,  in  the  straight  party  column  on  the  left  of  the 
ballot,  and  every  such  cross-mark  shall  be  equivalent 
to  a  vote  for  every  candidate  for  the  party  so  marked. 

If  he  desires  to  vote  for  an  entire  group  of  Presi- 


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dential  electors,  he  may  place  a  cross-mark  in  the  ap- 
propriate square,  at  the  right  of  the  name  of  the  party 
of  his  choice.  If  he  desires  to  divide  his  vote  among 
candidates  from  ditlerent  groups  of  Presidential  elect- 
ors, he  shall  make  a  cross-mark  in  the  appropriate 
square,  to  the  right  of  the  name  of  each  candidate  for 
Presidential  elector  for  whom  he  desires  to  vote: 
Provided,  That  a  mark  in  the  straight  party  column, 
opposite  the  name  of  the  party  of  his  choice,  shall  also 
be  counted  as  a  mark  for  each  Presidential  elector 
nominated  by  such  party. 

He  may  vote,  according  to  the  above  provisions,  for 
the  candidate  of  his  choice  for  each  office  to  be  filled, 
according  to  the  number  of  persons  to  be  voted  for  by 
him  for  each  office,  or  he  may  insert  in  the  blank  space 
provided  therefor,  in  accordance  with  section  four- 
teen of  this  act,  any  name  not  already  on  the  ballot. 
And  in  case  of  a  question  submitted  to  the  vote  of  the 
people,  he  may  mark  in  the  appropriate  margin  or 
space  a  cross  (X),  opposite  the  answer  which  he  de- 
sires to  give.  In  all  cases  where,  by  existing  laws,  a 
voter  is  entitled  to  cast  more  than  one  vote  for  a 
single  candidate,  he  shall  place  in  the  appropriate 
square,  instead  of  a  cross  (X),  a  number,  which  shall 
indicate  the  number  of  votes  to  be  counted  for  the  can- 
didate whose  name  is  so  marked. 

Before  leaving  the  voting  shelf  or  compartment,  the 
voter  shall  fold  his  ballot,  without  displaying  the 
markings  thereon,  in  the  same  way  it  was  folded  when 
received  by  him,  and  he  shall  keep  the  same  so  folded, 
and  deposit  it  in  the  ballot  box  without  undue  delay, 
and  shall  quit  the  enclosed  space  immediately  there- 
after. 

Section  23.  No  voter  shall  be  allowed  to  occupy  a 
voting  shelf  or  compartment  already  occupied  by  an- 
other, except  when  giving  the  help  allowed  by  sec- 
tion twenty-six  of  this  act,  nor  to  remain  within  said 
compartment  more  than  three  minutes,  in  case  all  of 
such  compartments  are  in  use  and  other  voters  are 
waiting  to  occupy  the  same.  No  voter  not  an  election 
officer  shall  be  allowed  to  re-enter  the  enclosed  space 
after  he  has  once  left  it,  except  to  give  help  as  herein- 
after described.  Each  voter's  name  shall  be  checked 
on  the  voting  check-list,  by  the  officer  having  charge 
thereof,  as  soon  as  he  has  cast  his  vote  in  the  manner 
provided  by  law.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  judge  of 
election  to  secure  the  observance  of  the  provision  of 
this  section,  to  keep  order  in  the  room  in  which  the 
voting  is  held,  and  to  see  that  no  more  persons  are  ad- 
mitted within  the  enclosed  space  than  are  allowed  by 
this  act.  Each  party  which  has,  by  its  primary  meet- 
ing, caucus,  convention,  or  board,  sent  to  the  proper 
office,  a  certificate  of  nomination,  and  each  group  of 


The  voter  may  In- 
sert name  not  on 
ballot. 


Vote   on    question 
submitted. 


When    entitled   to 
more    than    one 
vote. 


Folding  and   de- 
positing  of   ballot 


Length   of   time 
the  voter  may  re- 
main  in   booth. 

No  voter  shall  re- 
enter  enclosed 
space. 


Checking  of  name. 


Duty   of   judge   of 
election. 


Watchers,    by 
whom  appointed. 


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Eligibility  of 
watchers. 


To  be  shown  when 
required. 


Electioneering  for- 
bidden. 


"Who  may  vote 
after  the  hour  for 
closing. 


No  lists  or  memo- 
randum of  voters 
shall  be  made  in 
voting  room,  ex- 
cept such  as  are 
authorized. 


Voter  may  keep 
his   own   number, 
and  watchers  their 
poll  books. 


Lists  of  numbered 
voters  shall  be 
sealed    before   bal- 
lot boxes  are 
opened. 

Also  stubs,  un- 
used ballots  and 
ballot    check   list. 


These  packages 
not   to   be   opened 
except    In   certain 
cases. 


citizens  which  has  sent  to  the  proper  officer  a  nomina- 
tion paper,  as  provided  in  sections  two  and  three  of 
this  act,  shall  be  allowed  to  appoint  three  qualified 
electors,  who  must  be  three  electors  residents  of  the 
division  in  which  they  are  authorized  to  act  as  watch- 
ers, in  each  voting  place,  without  expense  to  the 
county;  one  of  whom  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  in 
the  room  outside  of  the  enclosed  space.  Each  watcher 
shall  be  provided  with  a  certificate  from  the  county 
commissioners,  stating  his  name,  the  names  of  the 
persons  who  have  appointed  him,  and  the  party  or 
policy  he  represents;  and  no  party  or  j^olicy  shall  be 
represented  by  more  than  one  watcher  in  the  same 
voting  room,  at  any  one  time.  Watchers  shall  be  re- 
quired to  show  their  certificates  when  required  to  do 
so.  Until  the  polls  are  closed,  no  person  shall  be  al- 
lowed in  the  room  outside  of  the  said  enclosed  space, 
except  the  watchers,  voters,  not  exceeding  ten  at  any 
one  time,  who  are  awaiting  their  turn  to  prepare  their 
ballots,  and  peace  otticers  when  necessary  for  the  pres- 
ervation of  the  peace.  No  person  when  within  the 
voting  room  shall  electioneer  or  solicit  votes  for  any 
party  or  candidate,  nor  shall  any  written  or  printed 
matter  be  posted  up  within  the  said  room,  except  as 
required  by  law.  When  the  hour  for  closing  the  polls 
shall  arrive,  all  persons  within  the  enclosed  space, 
who  have  received  ballots  but  have  not  j^et  deposited 
them,  shall  be  required  to  mark  and  deposit  their  bal- 
lots forthwith,  but  no  other  person  shall  be  allowed 
to  vote. 

Section  24.  No  list  or  memorandum  of  the  names  of 
voters,  except  such  lists  as  are  expressly  authorized 
by  law,  shall  be  made  within  the  voting  room  by  any 
person  or  ofBcer,  nor  shall  any  list  or  memorandum  of 
the  numbers  marked  upon  the  ballots  be  made  or  kept 
except  such  lists  as  are  expressly  authorized  by  law: 
Provided,  That  any  voter  may  make  a  memorandum  of 
the  number  of  his  own  ballot,  and  the  watchers  may 
keep  their  poll  books  and  challenge  lists.  After  the 
closing  of  the  polls  and  before  the  ballot  boxes  are 
opened,  all  the  lists  of  voters  upon  which  the  numbers 
of  the  ballots  are  recorded  as  now  required  by  law 
shall  be  placed  in  sej^arate  sealed  covers  properly 
marked,  and  the  stubs  of  all  the  ballots  used,  together 
with  all  unused  ballots  and  the  ballot  check  list, 
shall  also  be  enclosed  in  a  sealed  package  properly 
designating  the  voting  place,  which  package  shall  be 
sent  to  the  proper  office  as  required  by  law  in  the  case 
of  the  ballots  cast,  and  neither  the  said  package,  nor 
the  said  lists  of  voters  shall  thereafter  be  opened  ex- 
cept by  the  return  judges,  or  in  the  case  of  a  contest, 
or  upon  the  order  of  a  court  of  a  competent  jurisdic- 
tion. 


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Section  25.  No  person  other  than  the  election  offi-  ^o  baiiots  to  be 

^  removed   from 

cers  shall  take  or  remove  any  ballot  from  the  voting  voting  place. 

place.     If  any  voter  inadvertently  spoils  a  ballot  he 

may  obtain  another  upon  returning  the  spoiled  one.  spoiled  baiiots. 

The  ballots  thus  returned  shall  be  immediately  can-  Returned  baiiots 

celled  and  at  the  close  of  the  polls  shall  be  secured  in  ^^^'^  ^^  canceled. 

an  envelope,  sealed  and  sent  to  the  proper  oflBce  as 

req[uired  by  law  in  the  case  of  the  ballots  cast. 

Section  26.  If  any  voter  declares  to  the  judge  of  how  voter  may 
election  that  by  reason  of  any  disability  he  desires  as-  fn°preparauo*n"of 
sistance  in  the  preparation  of  his  ballot,  he  shall  be  '"^  ^''"°*- 
permitted  by  the  judge  of  election  to  select  a  qualified 
voter  of  the  election  district  to  aid  him  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  his  ballot,  such  preparation  being  made  in  the 
voting  compartment. 

Section  27.  If  a  voter  has  marked  his  ballot  other-  ^o^uJftld."'''  *°  ^^ 
wise  than  as  directed  by  this  act,  so  that  for  any  ^^^^^^5^^  baiiots 
reason  it  is  impossible  to  determine  the  voter's  choice  may  be  counted 
for  any  office  to  be  filled,  his  ballot  shall  not  be  count-  dl'tesf'^  ^'" 
ed  for  such  office;  but  the  ballot  shall  be  counted 
for  all  other  offices  for  which  the  names  of  candidates 
have  been  properly  marked. 

No  ballot  without  the  official  endorsement  shall,  ex-  J:^''"^ ''"I  °5^'^^ 

.  n  -1  1         ballots  shall  be 

cept  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  be  allowed  to  be  deposited. 
deposited  in  the  ballot-box,  and  none  but  ballots  pro- 
vided in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  be  counted.     Ballots  not  marked,  or  improperly  ^bf'endoS^^ 
or  defectively  marked,  shall  be  endorsed  as  defective,  ^^^  preserved. 
but  shall  be  preserved  with  the  other  ballots.     If  any 
ballot  appears  to  have  been  obtained  otherwise  than  nfegauy.°''to'he^ 
as  provided  in  this  act,  the  judge  of  election  shall  H'^^J^  '^itc"'"''  **^' 
transmit  such  ballot  to  the  district  attorney,  without 
delay,  together  with  whatever  information  he  may 
have  tending  to  the  detection  of  the  persons  who  de- 
posited the  same. 

Section  28.  After  the  polls  are  closed,  the  election  ^^^^^'^'^^rem^fn^ 
officers  only  shall  remain  in  the  voting-room  within  within  guard-raii 
the  guard  rail,  and  shall  there  at  once  proceed  to  ciolld.''""^  ^'^^ 
count  the  votes.     Such  counting  shall  not  be  adjourn-  counting  not  to 
ed  or  postponed  until  it  shall  have  been  fully  com-  ^^  ^J°"™«'^- 
pleted.     A  record  shall  first  be  made  of  the  number  of 
the  last  ballot  cast:  the  officers  in  charge  of  the  voting  Duties  of  election 

officers 

check-list  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  other  officers 

and  watchers,  count  in  a  distinct  and  audible  voice 

the  names  checked  on  the  said  list,  and  announce  the 

whole  number  thereof;  and  the  list  of  voters,  the 

stubs  of  ballots  used,  and  all  unused  ballots,  shall  Ytc^^^o  ^""sealed 

then  be  sealed  up,  as  required  by  section  twenty-four  "p- 

of  this  act.    The  ballot-box  shall  then  be  opened  by  Baiiot-boxes  to  be 

the  inspectors,  the  ballots  taken  therefrom,  and  aii-  "^^nfed.^"^  """'^ 

dibly  counted,  one  by  one,  by  them,  and  when  the 

count  is  completed,  the  whole  number  of  ballots  cast 

shall  be  announced;  and  the  counting  of  the  number 


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Duty  of  Judge. 


Duty  of  clerks. 


Ballots  to  be  kept 
within  view. 


Full  returns  to  be 
made. 


Public 
ment. 


announce- 


Duties  of  police 
officers,  consta- 
bles,   etc. 


WJien    peace   offi- 
cers may  enter 
within    guard-rail. 


Contested  election. 


When  ballots  are 
defective  tribunal 
shall  declare  elec- 
tion invalid  and 
so  report  to  Gov- 
ernor. 


Governor  shall  Is- 
sue writ  for  new 
election. 


of  votes  received  by  each  person  voted  for  shall  then 
proceed.  The  judge,  in  the  presence  of  the  inspectors 
shall  read  aloud  the  name  or  names  marked  or  in- 
serted upon  each  ballot,  together  with  the  party  name, 
or  political  appellation,  under  which  each  vote  was 
cast,  and  the  answers  marked  thereon  to  the  ques- 
tions submitted,  if  any;  and  the  clerks  shall  each  care- 
fully enter  each  vote  as  read,  and  keep  account  of  the 
same  in  tally-papers  prepared  for  the  purpose.  It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  either  judge  or  inspector  while 
counting  the  ballots  or  the  votes  thereon,  to  have  in 
his  hand  any  pen,  pencil,  or  stamp  for  marking  bal- 
lots. 

All  ballots,  after  being  removed  from  the  box,  shall 
be  kept  within  the  unobstructed  view  of  those  pres- 
ent in  the  voting-room,  so  that  they  may  be  able  to 
see  all  the  marks  on  each  ballot,  but  out  of  their 
reach,  until  they  are  placed  in  the  ballot-box  as  re- 
quired by  law. 

A  full  return  shall  be  made,  in  the  manner  now  pro- 
vided by  law,  of  all  votes  cast;  and  such  returns,  as 
well  as  those  made  by  the  judges  of  the  courts,  shall 
state  in  every  case  the  number  of  votes  cast  for  each 
candidate  by  each  political  party  or  body  of  which 
such  candidate  is  a  nominee,  as  the  same  shall  appear 
upon  the  ballots  cast.  The  total  vote,  as  soon  as 
counted,  shall  be  publicly  announced. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  oflBcers,  constables, 
and  deputy  constables,  now  required  by  law  to  be 
present  at  the  polls,  to  remain  in  the  voting-room, 
but  outside  of  the  guard-rail,  while  the  votes  are  being 
counted,  and  preserve  order  therein.  No  person,  ex- 
cept the  said  peace  officers  when  necessary  for  the 
preservation  of  the  peace,  or  persons  acting  by  their 
authority  for  the  same  end,  shall  enter  into  the  space 
within  the  guard  rail,  or  communicate  with  any  elec- 
tion officer  in  any  way  after  the  polls  are  closed,  and 
until  the  counting  of  the  votes  has  been  completed. 

Section  29.  Whenever  in  any  contested  election  the 
tribunal  trying  the  case  shall  decide  that  the  ballots 
used  in  one  or  more  election  districts  were,  by  reason 
of  the  omission,  addition,  misplacing,  mis-spelling  or 
mis-statement  of  one  or  more  titles  of  offices,  or 
names  of  candidates,  or  parties  or  policies  represented 
by  them,  so  defective  as  to  the  office  in  contest  as  to 
be  calculated  to  mislead  the  voters  in  regard  to  any  of 
the  candidates  nominated  for  the  said  office,  and  that 
the  defective  condition  of  the  said  ballots  may  have 
effected  the  result  of  the  entire  election  for  the  said 
office,  the  said  tribunal  shall  declare  the  election  to  be 
invalid  as  regards  the  said  office,  and  shall  report 
their  decision  to  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth. 

The  Governor  on  receiving  the  report  of  the  said 
decision,  shall  without  delay  cause  a  writ  or  writs  of 


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election  for  the  oflBee  in  contest  to  issue,  and  appoint 
a  day  within  four  weeks  from  the  date  of  the  writ  for 
the  holding  of  a  new  election,  to  be  held  according  to 
the  provisions  of  this  act  for  the  office  in  contest. 

Section  30.  A  voter  whd  shall  allow  his  ballot  to  be 
seen  by  any  person,  with  the  apparent  intention  of  let- 
ting it  be  known  how  he  is  about  to  vote,  or  shall  cast 
or  attempt  to  cast  any  other  than  the  official  ballot 
which  has  been  given  him  by  the  proper  election  offi- 
cer or  shall  falsely  declare  to  a  judge  of  election  that, 
by  reason  of  any  disability,  he  is  unable  to  mark  his 
ballot,  and  on  that  account  desires  assistance  in  mark- 
ing it,  or  shall  wilfully  violate  any  other  provision 
of  this  act;  or  any  peson  who  shall  interfere  with 
any  voter  when  inside  said  enclosed  space  or  when 
marking  his  ballot,  or  who  shall  endeavor  to  induce 
any  voter  before  depositing  his  ballot  to  show  how  he 
marks  or  has  marked  his  ballot;  or  any  helper  who 
shall  attempt  to  influence  the  vote  of  the  voter  whom 
he  is  assisting,  or  who  shall  mark  a  ballot  in  any 
other  way  than  that  requested  by  the  voter  whom  he 
is  assisting,  or  who  shall  disclose  to  any  one  the  con- 
tents of  any  ballot  which  has  been  marked  with  his 
help,  except  when  required  so  to  do  in  any  legal  pro- 
ceedings; shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  shall  be  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  not  to  ex- 
ceed one  hundred  dollars,  or  to  undergo  imprisonment 
for  not  more  than  three  months,  or  both,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court. 

Section  31.  Any  person  who  shall,  prior  to  an  elec- 
tion, wilfully  deface  or  destroy  any  list  of  candidates 
posted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
or  who,  during  an  election,  shall  wilfully  deface,  tear 
down,  remove  or  destroy  any  card  of  instruction,  or 
specimen  ballot,  printed  or  posted  for  the  instruction 
of  voters,  or  who  shall,  during  an  election,  wilfully  re- 
move or  destroy  any  of  the  supplies  or  conveniences 
furnished  to  enable  a  voter  to  prepare  his  ballot,  or 
shall  wilfullv  hinder  the  voting  of  others,  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be 
sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, or  to  undergo  an  imprisonment  for  not  more  than 
three  months,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  32.  Any  person  who  shall  falsely  make  or 
wilfully  deface  or  destroy  any  Certificate  of  Nomina- 
tion, or  Nomination  Paper,  or  anv  part  thereof,  or  any 
letter  of  withdrawal,  or  file  any  Certificate  of  Nomina- 
tion, or  Nomination  Paper,  or  letter  of  withdrawal, 
knowing  the  same  or  anv  part  thereof  to  be  falsely 
made,  or  suppress  anv  Certificate  of  Nomination,  or 
Nomination  Paper,  or  anv  part  thereof  which  has  been 
duly  filed,  or  force,  or  falselv  made  the  official  endorse- 
ment on  any  ballot,  or  wilfully  destroy  or  deface  any 


Certain  acts  of 
voter,    Interfering 
person,    or  helper, 
made  misdemean- 
ors. 


Fine   and   penally. 


Persons  destroying 
lists  of  candidates 
or   cards   of    in- 
structions,   etc., 
shall   be  guilty   of 
a  misdemeanor. 


Penalty. 


Persons  destroying 
nomination    pa- 
pers,   etc.,    shall 
be    guilty    of    a 
misdemeanor. 


Fraudulent  cer- 
tificates  and   pa- 
pers. 


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Penalty. 


Public    officers 
negrlecting   to   per- 
form  their   duties 
Bhall   be  guilty   of 
a    misdemeanor. 


Penalty. 


Printers   violating 
this  act  In  prepar- 
ation of  ballots, 
etc.,     shall    be 
guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor. 


Penalty. 


Possession   of  bal- 
lots by  persons  not 
entitled   thereto 
declared   to  be  a 
misdemeanor. 


Penalty. 


Repealing    clause. 


ballot,  or  wilfully  delay  the  delivery  of  any  ballots, 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
shall  be  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  one 
thousand  dollars,  or  to  un(^ergo  an  imprisonment  for 
not  more  than  one  year,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  court. 

Section  33.  Any  public  oflRcer  upon  whom  a  duty  is 
imposed  by  this  act,  who  shall  negligently  or  wilfully 
fail  to  perform  such  duty,  or  who  shall  negligently  or 
wilfully  perform  it  in  such  a  way  as  to  hinder  the  ob- 
jects of  this  act,  or  who  shall  negligently  or  wilfully 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  shall  be  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  sen- 
tenced to  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dol- 
lars, or  to  undergo  an  imprisonment  for  not  more  than 
one  year,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

'Section  34.  Any  printer  employed  by  the  commis- 
sioners of  any  county  to  print  any  official  ballots,  or 
any  person  engaged  in  printing  the  same,  who  shall 
appropriate  to  himself,  or  give  or  deliver  or  knowingly 
permit  to  be  taken  any  of  said  ballots  by  any  other 
person  than  such  commissioners,  or  their  duly  author- 
ized agent,  or  shall  wilfully  print,  or  cause  to  be  print- 
ed any  official  ballot  in  anv  other  form  than  that  pre- 
scribed by  such  commissioners,  or  with  any  other 
names  thereon,  or  Avith  the  names  spelled  otherwise 
than  as  directed  by  them,  or  .the  names  or  printing 
thereon  arransred  in  anv  other  way  than  that  author- 
ized and  directed  by  this  act.  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction  shall  be  sentenced  to 
pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  to 
undergo  an  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  five  years, 
or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  35.  Any  person  other  than  an  officer  charged 
by  law  with  the  care  of  ballots,  or  a  person  entrusted 
by  any  such  officer  with  the  care  of  the  same  for  a  pur- 
pose required  by  law,  who  shall  have  in  his  possession 
outside  the  voting  room  any  official  ballot,  or  any  per- 
son who  shall  make  or  have  in  possession  anv  counter- 
feit or  an  official  ballot,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  upon  conviction  shall  be  sentenced  to  pay 
a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  to  under- 
cro  an  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or 
both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  36.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  inconsistent 
herewith,  shall  be  and  tho  same  are  hereby  repealed. 


Index  to  Ballot  Law. 


A. 

Page. 

Advertisement,   of  election,   by  sheriff,    8 

B. 

Ballot  boxes,  opening  of,  provided  for,     19 

Ballot  check  list  and  voting  check,  list,  providing  for,   14 

Ballots,  caption    of,    etc 13 

contents  of  regulated 10,11 

defective   and   illegal,    disposition   of,    19 

delivery  of,   to  voters,  marking,   numbering  and  voting 16 

instructions  printed  on,   provided  for,    11 

lost  or  stolen ,   replacing  of,   regulated ,    15 

manner  of  preparation,    etc.,    10,11 

marking    of    by    voter,     11,12 

number  of,   for  each  election  district 13 

packing  and  delivery  of,    regulated,    14 

possession  of,  by  persons  not  entitled  thereto,  declared  a  misde- 
meanor,       22 

printers,    violating   act    in    preparing,    declared   guilty   of   a    mis- 
demeanor   22 

printing  and  distribution  of,  expense  of 3,14 

specimen,   printing  of,   etc 14,15 

when  defective,  tribunal  shall  declare  election  invalid,  and  report 

same   to   Governor,    20 

Booths,  voting,   construction  and  number  of,    15 

C. 

Candidates,  manner  of  withdrawal  of,  regulated,   7 

name  of  shall  appear  but  once  on  any  ballot 11 

vacancies  in  list  of,   filling  of 9 

Cards  of  instruction,  providing  and  distribution  of,   regulated,    14 

Certificates  of  Nomination,   filing  of,   provided  for,    3,5,6 

for  State  officers,  filing  of  in  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Commonwealth,  required,    ....  5 

contents    of 5 

county    officers,    filing    of    in    office    of    county 

commissioners ,    required 5 

for  township  and  borough  officers,  filing  of,  in 
the  office  of  the  county  commissioners,  re- 
quired ,     5 

when  filed  shall  be  deemed  valid  unless  objec- 
tions  are  filed,    6 

(23) 


24 

Page. 

Commissioners,  county,  shall  furnish  blanks  to  election  officers,  3 

Constables,  duties  of,  under  provisions  of  this  act 20 

Contested  election,  duties  of  the  tribunal  trying  the  case 20 

Cost,    guard  rails,   shelves,   voting  compartments,   etc.,    15 

Costs  to  be  paid  by  petitioners  when  objections  are  not  sustained 7 

County  commissioners,  duties  of,  in  reference  to  the  printing  and  care  of 

ballots 10,13 

fac-similie   signature    of,    on    back   of   ballots   re- 
quired,       13 

furnishing  of  blanks  to  election  officers  by,    pro- 
vided  for,    3 

shall  provide  election  room,   heat  and  light,    15 

shall  mail  specimen  ballots  by  registered  letters  to 

judges   of   election 15 

shall  send  list   of  candidates,    etc.,    to   sheriffs  at 

least  ten  days  before  the  election,    8 

County  officers,  filing  of  Certificates  of  Nomination  of,  provided  for 5 

Courts,  duties  of,  where  objections  are  filed  to  validity  of  papers,  defined,  6 

D. 

Defective  ballots,   casting  and  disposition  of,    19,20 

Destroying  list  of  candidates  or  cards  of  instruction,    declared  a  misde- 
meanor   21 

Nomination  Papers,  declared  to  be  a  misdemeanor 21 

E. 

Election  officers,   duties  of,    14,18 

Electors,   requirements  when  signing  Nomination  Papers 4, 

F. 

Fac-simile  signatures  of  county  commissioners  on  back  of  ballots  required,  13 

Filing  of  nomination  certificate  or  paper,    5 


G. 

Governor,  duties  of ,  in  case  of  invalid  election,    n 20 

Guard   rails,    construction   of 15 


J. 

Judges  of  election,    duties  of,   regulated,    14,17 

li. 

List  of  voters,  assessors,  providing  two  copies  of,  required,   14 

M. 

Misdemeanor,  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  declared  to  be  a,   21,22 


25  '.,./•'..•..::"'.*;••.;••::.•••. 

N. 

Page. 

Newspapers,   in  which  advertisement  must  appear 8 

Nomination  of  public  officers,  reg^ulated 3,4,5,6 

certificates,    contents  of,    3,4,5 

papers,  destroying  of,   declared  to  be  a  misdemeanor 21 

number  of  voters  who  must  sign,  regulated,   4 

shall  be  furnished  by  Secretary  of  Commonwealth,..  4 

time  of  filing,  and  regulation  of,    5 


O. 

Officers,  preparation  of  Nomination  Papers,  for,   4 

public,    nomination  and  election  of,   regulated,    3 

Objections  to  validity  of  certificates  and  papers,  manner  of  disposal  of,   ..  6 


P. 

Party  polling  two  per  centum  of  entire  state  vote  may  certify  nominations,  3 

Penalties,  for  violating  provisions  of  this  act 21,22 

Police  officers,  duties  of,   under  provisions  of  this  act 20 

Political  appellation,    adoption   of 4 

Possession  of  ballots  by  persons  not  entitled  thereto,    declared  a  misde- 
meanor,   22 

Printers  violating  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,    22 

Printing  and  other  expenses  regulated,    3 

Proclamation   by   sheriff,    contents   of,    8 

Public  inspection,  all  Certificates  of  Nomination  and  Nomination  Papers, 

when  filed  shall  be  open  to ,   7 

Public  officers  neglecting  to  perform  their  duties  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor,      22 

nomination   of,    regulated, 3 


R. 

Registration  of  candidates,  by  political  parties,  provided  for 3,4 

Repeal 22 


S. 

Secretary  of  Commonwealth,   duties  of,   regulated 3,6,7 

Sheriffs,  issuing  of  proclamation  by,  ten  days  before  election,  required,..  8 

advertisement  concerning  election,   contents  of 8 

Specimen  ballots,   preparation  and  distribution  of,    14 

State  officers,  filing  of  Certificates  of  Nomination  of,  provided  for,    5 

Substitution  of  candidates,   methods  of,    7,9 


T. 

Time,  determining  period  of,   as  mentioned  in  act 5 


26 

V. 

Page. 

Vacancies  in  list  of  candidates,   filling  of 7 

Voter,  duties  of ,  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 16,17,18,19 

violation  of  provisions  of  this  act  declared  a  misdemeanor 21 

Votes,   soliciting  or  electioneering  for,   within  voting  room  proTiibited, 18 

Voting  booths,   number  and  construction,    15 

room,   who  shall  be  allowed  within,  etc.,  regulated,    16,18 

W. 
Watchers,  appointment  and  duties  of 17 


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